About Augie Bergamo
Lived 1917 – 1974 (aged 57). Augie Bergamo was an American baseball player.
August Samuel Bergamo (February 14, 1917 – August 19, 1974) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944 and 1945. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he stood tall and weighed .
Bergamo is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He was a valuable reserve on the 1944 World Series Champions, batting .286 in 80 games. He was the starting left fielder in World Series Game 2 against the St. Louis Browns, won by the Cards 3–2 in 11 innings. Bergamo, the leadoff hitter, was 0-for-5 in the game but hit an RBI grounder in the third that plated the first Cardinal run. For the Series he appeared in three games, going 0-for-6 with one RBI and two walks.
In 1945, he batted .316 in 94 games, but St. Louis finished second that year, three games behind the Chicago Cubs.
Career totals for 174 games played include a .304 batting average (151-for-496), 5 home runs, 63 runs batted in, 86 runs scored, a .400 on-base percentage, and a slugging average of .401. Defensively, he recorded a .977 fielding percentage.
After baseball, Bergamo served as a representative for a manufacturing company in Michigan. Bergamo died at Bon Secours Hospital in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on August 19, 1974.
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Who was Augie Bergamo?
American baseball player (1917-1974)
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Augie Bergamo was born on 14 February 1917 in Detroit.
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Augie Bergamo died on 19 August 1974 in Grosse Pointe.
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